A 52-year-old man died Friday of smoke inhalation in a fire, Baltimore officials said.William Johnson had been hospitalized and a family was displaced after the fire Thursday night in northeast Baltimore.A fire spokesman said crews responded at 11:30 pm. to the fire at a home on the 1500 block of Homestead Street.Firefighters found smoke and flames showing from a two-story row house and one adjacent to it. The fire was contained by 12:30 a.m.The cause of the fire is under investigation.

BALTIMORE —

A 52-year-old man died Friday of smoke inhalation in a fire, Baltimore officials said.

William Johnson had been hospitalized and a family was displaced after the fire Thursday night in northeast Baltimore.

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A fire spokesman said crews responded at 11:30 pm. to the fire at a home on the 1500 block of Homestead Street.

Firefighters found smoke and flames showing from a two-story row house and one adjacent to it. The fire was contained by 12:30 a.m.